- Invitation Status
- Posting Speed
- One post per day
- 1-3 posts per week
- One post per week
- Slow As Molasses
- Online Availability
- Sporadic. If you want, add me lvl1337n00b on Skype to pester me.
- Writing Levels
- Elementary
- Intermediate
- Adept
- Preferred Character Gender
- Male
- Female
- Genres
- Sci-Fi, fantasy, post-apocalyptic. Roleplays with plenty of action, violence, and romance. I don't mind if the base is on one of those alone, but it gets boring when nothing else comes into play, know what I mean? - Also, I'll do something modern if it seems like something I'd be into, but that doesn't happen often.
The year is 2126, New York City is plagued with monsters that were normal people only a few years ago. Most of those who didn't become soul-sucking lunatics were killed by them, drained of all their energy and left as shriveled and empty husks with little other desire than to shamble aimlessly and attack anything with a pulse. This doesn't just apply to us, it seems like. The energy vampires, as some of us have taken to calling them, are also attacked by those they've zombified. They're as much a problem for them as they are for us, which is a good thing considering it kind of takes a little of the heat off of us. Still so, the common vampire prioritizes draining an uninfected person's energy over dealing with the monsters they spawn in doing so.
Lately life has become even more difficult, what with the apparent increase in vampires intelligence. What were once crazy people sucking souls became crazy soul-suckers that could sometimes use telekinesis, soon after TK was pretty common among them and only a little after that were some of them beginning to retain their past intelligence, surpassing it and figuring out ways to control their lessers. Insane or not, the vast majority of these vampires mean to devour the soul of each and every remaining survivor. Every now and then comes along a vampire who has overcome the urges that came with their terrible affliction, but this appears to be a very rare occurrence. Oh, and did I mention that we're completely alone in this struggle? Yeah, the city is closed-in, quarantined. No one is coming to save us, as far as the rest of the world is concerned, New York City doesn't exist anymore. We can only rely on ourselves and our own resources.
It's frightening to think that they've been evolving so rapidly, considering it'd only been a few years since this all started. Thankfully though, we're not completely helpless. Some of the advancements in technology happened along just in time to be useful in our current situation, though most of the gizmos we have available aren't actually functional right now, or have very limited uses. Most of us are limited to common fire-arms, knives, and whatever combat training we're taught, but the one or two functional lasers we have really make a difference. It's hard to make time for research with all that's going on, but we have guys trying to figure out how to make more of this stuff work. It doesn't feel like we've really made any progress over the couple of years since we found the surplus of broken gadgets, but one can hope someone manages to make them work. If they do, maybe we can turn our struggle for survival into a real fight, crawl out from under our rocks and retake our city.
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Sooo.. That's my idea. If you like it, feel free to sign up! I've been eager to start this one up for a few weeks because of an awesome dream I had, and finally got around to writing up this crummy thing and a starting post. Keep in mind that while I did mention there being some technological advancements, these things are NOT common and, as mentioned most of it isn't even functional. That said, if you want some nifty gadget or another you should ask me first instead of just writing it into your guy's description. If the roleplay doesn't fizzle out too soon, I'm planning to introduce the functional tech at a later point in the story. The future we're going to be playing in is only a little futuristic and our apocalypse is only three years in, so think of the city the same way it is now pretty much, except maybe a bit less taken care of and not as lively. You know, dirty and lonely, like most guys my age on the internet.
Character sheets, character sheets.. I'm expecting a name and a physical description (Or a picture) at least, the more detail the better.. Er.. Not to say I want you to describe every little wrinkle in your character's skin, just.. Well, I'm sure you know what I mean. Don't just say "Dale is a guy with cool hair and some sunglasses that are also cool". Maybe add in that his pants are an off shade of blue. A general personality would be good too, but isn't necessary, and biographies don't really matter. If you really want to share your character's personal background story, let them tell it through the course of the roleplay.
This is the first roleplay I've actually created on this site, or any forum really so if it doesn't sound too great or ends up sucking.. I blame inexperience. If you do decide to join in, please be patient with me and don't drop out if I don't post every single day. As some of you know, aside from some weekends at my bestie's place I'm pretty much limited to accessing the site from my cellphone. My signal at home is crap, and every now and then I don't have the money to keep my phone on, but I haven't gone a full month with it off so far. I'll post as often as I can, which will usually mean one post per day once my phone is back on (Which should be shortly after Thanksgiving, if nothing comes up) or rather one the same day our order comes full-circle. Just as I'm hoping you'll be patient with me, I'm in no way putting on the pressure to have you post the very second your turn comes around. I want this to be a fun roleplay that you can enjoy at your own pace, not something you have to rush.
As soon as we have enough people to start this thing, I'll post the starter I've already written up. I'm hoping to have four players or more, including myself and my bestie who is likely to join and I'm hoping will help me out. I get the impression he's looking forward to it the same as I am though, since we discussed it beforehand. If our group exceeds five, I'll start a separate thread to divide the groups when the time comes, which will change the story a teeny tiny bit. If you have any questions, ask them. If not, go right ahead and post your character.
Oh by the way, I am open to suggestions here. If you've got an idea, lay it on me and we'll discuss.
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Per Connu's suggestion, here's a basic character sheet template.
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Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Personality:
Other: (Things the rest of the group might know about your character, if they're a fairly new arrival, etc. Pretty much anything you think we should know.)
Lately life has become even more difficult, what with the apparent increase in vampires intelligence. What were once crazy people sucking souls became crazy soul-suckers that could sometimes use telekinesis, soon after TK was pretty common among them and only a little after that were some of them beginning to retain their past intelligence, surpassing it and figuring out ways to control their lessers. Insane or not, the vast majority of these vampires mean to devour the soul of each and every remaining survivor. Every now and then comes along a vampire who has overcome the urges that came with their terrible affliction, but this appears to be a very rare occurrence. Oh, and did I mention that we're completely alone in this struggle? Yeah, the city is closed-in, quarantined. No one is coming to save us, as far as the rest of the world is concerned, New York City doesn't exist anymore. We can only rely on ourselves and our own resources.
It's frightening to think that they've been evolving so rapidly, considering it'd only been a few years since this all started. Thankfully though, we're not completely helpless. Some of the advancements in technology happened along just in time to be useful in our current situation, though most of the gizmos we have available aren't actually functional right now, or have very limited uses. Most of us are limited to common fire-arms, knives, and whatever combat training we're taught, but the one or two functional lasers we have really make a difference. It's hard to make time for research with all that's going on, but we have guys trying to figure out how to make more of this stuff work. It doesn't feel like we've really made any progress over the couple of years since we found the surplus of broken gadgets, but one can hope someone manages to make them work. If they do, maybe we can turn our struggle for survival into a real fight, crawl out from under our rocks and retake our city.
---
Sooo.. That's my idea. If you like it, feel free to sign up! I've been eager to start this one up for a few weeks because of an awesome dream I had, and finally got around to writing up this crummy thing and a starting post. Keep in mind that while I did mention there being some technological advancements, these things are NOT common and, as mentioned most of it isn't even functional. That said, if you want some nifty gadget or another you should ask me first instead of just writing it into your guy's description. If the roleplay doesn't fizzle out too soon, I'm planning to introduce the functional tech at a later point in the story. The future we're going to be playing in is only a little futuristic and our apocalypse is only three years in, so think of the city the same way it is now pretty much, except maybe a bit less taken care of and not as lively. You know, dirty and lonely, like most guys my age on the internet.
Character sheets, character sheets.. I'm expecting a name and a physical description (Or a picture) at least, the more detail the better.. Er.. Not to say I want you to describe every little wrinkle in your character's skin, just.. Well, I'm sure you know what I mean. Don't just say "Dale is a guy with cool hair and some sunglasses that are also cool". Maybe add in that his pants are an off shade of blue. A general personality would be good too, but isn't necessary, and biographies don't really matter. If you really want to share your character's personal background story, let them tell it through the course of the roleplay.
This is the first roleplay I've actually created on this site, or any forum really so if it doesn't sound too great or ends up sucking.. I blame inexperience. If you do decide to join in, please be patient with me and don't drop out if I don't post every single day. As some of you know, aside from some weekends at my bestie's place I'm pretty much limited to accessing the site from my cellphone. My signal at home is crap, and every now and then I don't have the money to keep my phone on, but I haven't gone a full month with it off so far. I'll post as often as I can, which will usually mean one post per day once my phone is back on (Which should be shortly after Thanksgiving, if nothing comes up) or rather one the same day our order comes full-circle. Just as I'm hoping you'll be patient with me, I'm in no way putting on the pressure to have you post the very second your turn comes around. I want this to be a fun roleplay that you can enjoy at your own pace, not something you have to rush.
As soon as we have enough people to start this thing, I'll post the starter I've already written up. I'm hoping to have four players or more, including myself and my bestie who is likely to join and I'm hoping will help me out. I get the impression he's looking forward to it the same as I am though, since we discussed it beforehand. If our group exceeds five, I'll start a separate thread to divide the groups when the time comes, which will change the story a teeny tiny bit. If you have any questions, ask them. If not, go right ahead and post your character.
Oh by the way, I am open to suggestions here. If you've got an idea, lay it on me and we'll discuss.
--
Per Connu's suggestion, here's a basic character sheet template.
-
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Personality:
Other: (Things the rest of the group might know about your character, if they're a fairly new arrival, etc. Pretty much anything you think we should know.)
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